Ancient Egyptian princesses knew their way around weapons of war
Analysis of six mummies from ancient Egypt challenges the idea that the bows and daggers buried with some royal women were merely ceremonial.
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An ancient Maya astronomer finally has a name
A Maya calendar formula bears the name Sak Tahn Waax, the first known Classic Maya mathematician-astronomer directly credited for such work.
Ancient chariot emerges among remains of mysterious society that burned down its own buildings and then disappeared
Archaeologists in Spain have discovered the remains of a 2,400-year-old bronze chariot that was used to honor the gods and may have had links to
Nobel Prize-winning physicist and team use Claude AI to solve decades-old math puzzle
Two physicists have used generative artificial intelligence (AI) to solve a stubborn mathematical problem in physics that had vexed researchers for more than a decade.
Young Galaxy Cluster
In the Picture of the Month from the James Webb Space Telescope, we are taken on a visit to a building site of significant scale.
This “exotic weirdo” exoplanet has a rocky surface and an atmosphere
Astronomers found a helium atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet — a good sign for the search for life outside the solar system.
Genes offer new clues to stopping Huntington’s disease in its tracks
A new generation of therapies aims to intervene at a recently discovered gap between the disease’s molecular march and its neurological consequences.
Thousands of liberated Africans died on a remote island after the British Navy freed them. We now know where they came from.
Little is known about the tens of thousands of liberated Africans who were buried on the remote Atlantic island of St. Helena in the 19th
Oops! Ancient Bronze Age shaman long assumed to be a man was actually a woman, DNA reveals
An Early Bronze Age metalworker and shaman discovered over 200 years ago in a lavish burial near Stonehenge and long assumed to be male was
‘This was one of the most arduous expeditions I’ve ever done’: Scientists confirm that 15-mile-wide pit found on Google Maps is ancient meteor crater
A large pit discovered by an amateur astronomer on Google Maps in 2024 is actually a 390 million-year-old meteor impact crater , scientists have confirmed.
New 3D silicon chip stacks circuits on top of each other to boost computing power
The massive hardware demands of artificial intelligence (AI) applications are stretching the physical and structural limitations of semiconductors. But researchers have engineered a three-dimensional silicon
‘Another dinosaur has entered the luxury collectibles market’: Gus the T. rex just sold for $50 million. Here’s what its loss means to science.
On July 14, 2026, “Gus,” one of the most complete specimens of Tyrannosaurus rex , went to an as yet unidentified buyer for US$50.1 million
We tested Canon’s $10,000 wildlife zoom — can it replace a prime lens?
When it comes to the “silly money” category of lenses, they are typically those ridiculously long prime lenses that make your arms ache just by
The 2024 New York City meteorite contains amino acids
The brine-formed meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey roof in 2024 could teach us about how life first arrived on Earth.